BARNA, a village, in the parish of RAHOON, county of GALWAY,
and province of CONNAUGHT, 3 miles (W.) from Galway;
the population is returned with the parish.
It is situated on the coast of Galway
bay, and is chiefly noted for the quality of its butter,
with which it supplies the town of Galway. A pier was
originally built by a private individual in 1799, and rebuilt
by Mr. Nimmo in 1822, but being only indifferently
constructed, it was destroyed in 1S30, and partially
rebuilt in the following year by the officer of the coastguard
and collector of Galway, with the aid of charitable
funds at their disposal, and has been, found very useful
for the fishery; it is sheltered from the south and southwest
gales, and is the only safety harbour for small craft
in an extent of 27 miles of coast. Barna is the seat of
Nicholas Lynch, Esq. Here are a constabulary police
station and a coast-guard station, the latter forming one
of the seven stations that constitute the district of Galway,
The R. C. chapel for the parish, a small thatched
building, is situated here. See RAHOON.